Queens’ courts celebrated Pride Month at Civil Court on Monday, recognizing the mark the LGBTQIA+ community has left on the state’s judicial system – but this month’s celebration comes at a tenuous point as the federal government threatens the freedom and safety of transgender Americans and the wider LGBTQIA+ community, officials said.
Read MoreAfter former Mayor Eric Adams stalled on a key element of the plan to close Rikers Island, the Mamdani administration on Monday reversed course, transferring three jail facilities out of Department of Correction control and reviving a jail decommissioning process required by city law.
Read MoreCases are moving faster through New York’s courts, reducing the amount of time defendants have to wait on Rikers Island – but a number of entrenched obstacles could make even quicker case processing difficult to achieve, the state’s top administrative judge warned last week.
Read MoreAfter a month-long delay, street parking around Queens Criminal Court is scheduled to officially close down Monday as construction of the future borough-based jail progresses.
Read MoreNearly two dozen alleged members of a street gang faced new conspiracy and attempted murder charges on Thursday for their role in a “violent spree” of retaliatory shootings against other alleged rival gang members across Central Queens that left three victims injured.
Read MoreThe family of Albert Itzkowitz, a beloved Queens community member who was found murdered in Kissena Park, is still searching for answers about why their beloved family member was killed last month.
Read MoreA Western Queens Assembly race was too close to call after results came in on election night and will now likely head toward a recount.
Read MoreWhile democratic socialist members across the city celebrated on Tuesday night, the atmosphere was different inside State Senator Jessica Ramos’ Election Day watch party.
Read MoreA Queens County Democratic Party candidate and an insurgent candidate both won the Democratic primary race for Civil Court on Tuesday.
Read MoreJonathan Rinaldi, a perennial candidate who repeatedly used artificial intelligence to create deceptive campaign materials during several failed bids for office, was arrested Wednesday morning in Queens, multiple sources told the Eagle.
Read MorePowered by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s support and the political energy he generated a year ago, democratic socialist candidates in Queens were on track to sweep races for Congress, the State Senate and State Assembly on Tuesday.
Read MoreHere’s a snapshot of election day in Queens, where dozens of candidates ran in contested primaries on Tuesday.
Read MoreNew York’s mandatory retirement age for judges will remain in place after the state’s top court rejected an argument from a trio of elderly justices who claimed that the retirement rules amounted to a form of discrimination.
Read MoreQueens Supreme Court Justice Sandra Perez was officially sworn into the bench last week. The judge is a founding member of the Latino Lawyers Association of Queens County, which has successfully pushed to get a number of its members elected to the courts in recent years.
Read MoreJudges in a state appellate court issued rulings in two separate lawsuits against Forest Hills Stadium last week, sending one back to a Queens court for further proceedings while dismissing another.
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